By Ashley Manabat - July 5, 2019
CLARK FREEPORT—The owner and
operator of a premier destination in this freeport has partnered with a leading
listed company for clean and renewable energy.
Widus International Leisure Inc.
(WILI), owner and operator of Widus Hotel and Casino, and the Marriott Hotel
here, signed an agreement with AboitizPower to supply its complex with
so-called clean energy.
During a roundtable at the hotel’s
Prism Lounge here on Wednesday, WILI tapped AboitizPower for a 2.5-megawatt
(MW) energy requirement, an expansion of its previous 1.5-MW supply deal inked
last year.
Aboitiz now supplies WILI with 100
percent of its power requirements.
“Apart from being known for our
signature warmth and hospitality, we are proud to be a company that values
sustainability [by utilizing clean energy],” said Neki A. Liwanag, WILI
assistant vice president for corporate planning and compliance.
The Aboitiz group led by
fifth-generation Aboitiz scion, Mikel Aboitiz, market strategy manager, said it
will supply WILI with geothermal energy from its plant in Laguna and Batangas
in southern Luzon.
AboitizPower Chief Operating Officer
Emmanuel V. Rubio said: “There are a lot of energy companies in the
Philippines, so we are really honored to be the preferred partner of Widus in
its journey toward sustainability.”
He added that with AboitizPower’s
proven track record in the industry, as well as adequate capacity of Cleanergy,
“we are confident we will be able to support the current and future energy
needs of Widus.”
Felino M. Bernardo, CEO of Aboitiz
Power Generation Group, also said that in addition to having enough capacity,
the company strives to optimize its power plants for the ultimate benefit of
the consumers.
The energy supply is being sourced
from one of the energy company’s renewable plants, the MakBan geothermal power
plant that straddles the provinces of Batangas and Laguna.
WILI signed a power supply agreement
with AboitizPower under the Retail Competition and Open Access (RCOA) scheme,
which allows businesses and institutions with a monthly average peak demand of
750 kilowatts (kW) to source their energy supply from a Retail Electricity
Supplier. In the retail electricity market, customers are given the opportunity
to choose the supplier and rate that will allow for savings and security from
market volatility. The partnership was established in 2018 when WILI made the
switch to the listed company’s brand of clean and renewable energy.
AboitizPower and WILI celebrated
their partnership through a ceremonial awarding of the Cleanergy plaque on
Wednesday after the roundtable with the members of the media.
Meanwhile, Aboitiz said some 10
locators here have also inked agreements for sustainable energy with
them.
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